Guard for carving-forks



(Model.)

G. KNAUTH.

GUARD PoR GAMING Poms. No. 319,098. Patented June 2, 1885.

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GUSTAV KNAUTH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

GUARD FOR CARVING=FORKS.

:SPECIFECATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 319,098, dated June 2, 1885.

Application filed March 9, 1895. (Model.)

T0 all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV KNAUTH, n citizen of the United Sintes, residing at Brookl yn, in the Stute of New York, have invented o. new und useful Improvement in Guards for Carving-Forks, of which the following is n specification.

The object of my invention is to provide u suitable guard-rest on e carving-fork which is readily removed for thepurpose of cleaning.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of :t recess in the shank of the fork with ashoulder on one end and an inclined surface toward said shoulder, with o. pivot-pin securely fastened in said recess. The guard-rest is formed with a central tongue, forming o part of the guard, the lower end of which is bent inwardly to forni a. loop to pass around the pivot-pin in the slot of the forkshank.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l represents a top view of the fork with the guard-rest removed. Fig. Il is a side View with the guard-rest in position to support the fork. Fig. HI is a front view of the guardrest.

A is the carvingfork. In the shank B a,

the bead w on the fork. The guard-rest C is made with two legs, G C', and a central tongue,

` D. Thiscentral tongueiormsaspringthelower end, cl, of which is bent inwardly, as shown 3 in Fig. ll, to forni an open loop capable of passing around the pivot-pin b. The inclined surface m facilitates the passing of the loop end fl into the slot or recess c, to engage with the pivot-pin b, upon which the guard-rest C 4 turns, either to support the fork, as shown in Fig. Il, or to be turned close to the fork, as shown in dotted lines, when not in use. Vhen the guard-rest is in use, theinner projections, o, of the same abut against the shoulders n at 4 the ends of the recess a, und thus hold the guard in the desired position.

To clean the fork, or, if. desired, for other purposes, the guard-rest muy be entirely removed froni the fork by disenga-ging the hook 5 d from the pivot-pin b.

That l claim as my invention is The combination of fork A, having shoulders u n, pivot-pin b, and inclined surface m,

with guard-rest G, having legs C G', and cen- 5 trail hooked tongue, D, the inclined surface m allowing the easy removal of the guard, substontinlly as specified.

GUSTAV KN AUTH. l/Vitnesses:

HENRY E. ROEDER, F. v. Bremsen. 

